My utterly personal/subjective recap: Queen of Swords meets divine Norse warrior who's been exiled for bad behavior, loses him too soon, and then commits herself to finding the bridge between worlds ( Read more... )

I just watched "Mamma Mia!" for the first time, and I thought it was wonderful. It won't go down in history as one of the greatest films of all time, but it was so much fun just to watch. I kept getting distracted by thinking about how much fun the cast seemed to be having, and what it must have been like to spend a few weeks on a tropical island ( Read more... )

This high-quality, extremely-well-edited video is a montage of dances in the movies, from Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly and "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers" up through Dirty Dancing, Flashdance, White Nights, Grease, Saturday Night Fever, Moulin Rouge, Pulp Fiction, Jay and Silent Bob, and many more --- all set to the song "Footloose."

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Wolfling and I went to see The Sorcerer's Apprentice last night. I went in with low expectations and enjoyed myself quite a bit. Wolfling started whispering "I love this movie!" only a few minutes into it ( Read more... )

I just watched the first episode of "I, Claudius," which I've heard about for years but never actually seen before ( Read more... )

I'm not a fan of the "Alice" stories -- although I love Erl_Queen's explorations of the "Girls Underground" motif.

I'm not a huge fan of Tim Burton.
I don't adore Johnny Depp.

I went to see Alice in Wonderland in 3D with Wolfling this evening primarily because it was something fun for us to do together ( Read more... )

It's called "The Men Who Stare at Goats."

The Men Who Stare At Goats is about warrior-monks with psychic powers, who call themselves Jedis over and over again. But the movie's structure also echoes the original Star Wars trilogy, and it's full of fun Lucas riffs. .

I was looking forward to seeing this movie anyway, but this article means that I ( Read more... )

"The Time Traveler's Wife" was a sweet, lovely movie, recommended if you like romances and magic ( Read more... )

Wolfling and I just saw Star Trek -- she for the second time.

I am very happy.

I don't think there was a single moment when I winced because I thought they got something wrong.

Except that utterly confounding pattern of designing futuristic settings with lots of deep drops and narrow walkways and no guardrails. . . !

Wolfling and I saw Wolverine last night, and I enjoyed it much more than I expected. In fact, I found it surprisingly satisfying ( Read more... )